Magnetically powered reciprocating engine

Abstract

A magnetically powered engine adaptable to and modifiable to any gasoline-powered automobile, truck, motorcycle, bus, marine and other small engines having an engine block containing at least one cylinder, at least one piston, a crankcase, and at least one connecting rod secured to a lower portion of said piston and pivotally to a crankshaft enclosed in said crankcase. An electrical power source provides electrical current to an electromagnet fastened within a head of a cylinder, whereby said electromagnet is opposed to a permanent magnet having a fixed charge and secured to an upper surface of a piston for creating a magnetic field between the electromagnet and the permanent magnet causing a magnetic force driving the piston away from the electromagnet and reciprocating to cause a repulsive magnetic force between an adjacent electromagnet and permanent magnet, thus, transferring this reciprocating motion to a crankshaft and ultimately to a driveshaft in any powered vehicle, including automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, buses, and small engines, and likewise, adaptable to marine engines for driving a shaft which turns a propellor apparatus. The magnetically powered engine is also adaptable to smaller engines, including lawn mowers, small tractors, weedeaters and other similar gasoline-powered motors. Adaptation to the magnetically powered engine eliminates many components of a typical gasoline-powered engine including gasoline tanks, fuel lines, fuel pumps, tail pipes, mufflers, carburetors, etc.

Description

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention[0002] This invention relates generally to a magnetically powered reciprocating engine especially adaptable to and modifiable to any gasoline powered automobile, truck, marine or other small engines.[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art[0004] The gasoline powered engine has been a major factor in American industry and manufacturing, as well as abroad. Technologies have produced hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles which offer the prospect of significant emissions reductions for both toxic pollutants and greenhouse gases. Government policies and incentives now encourage an alternative to the gasoline engine. Thus, the government has a deep interest in both the cost and environmental benefits of an alternatively fueled engine due to the fact that road transport is one of the major sources of air pollution, especially in urban areas.[0005] One attempt at a self-timing piston electric engine is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,296,554 issued to A. K. Hinch...

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Benefits of technology

[0010] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a means of converting any gas motor to operate by use of permanent and electromagnets with minimal machining and resulting in a relatively inexpensive process of conversion.

[0011] It is a further object of the present invention to ultimately provide a lighter vehicle, after the adaptation, due to the fact that many of the parts of a gasoline engine, and in particular, an automobile engine and / or automobile, will no longer be necessary, and thus, lowering the overall weight.

[0012] It is a further object of the present invention to eliminate gasoline tanks, fuel lines, fuel pumps, tail pipes, mufflers, catalytic converters, radiators, hoses, antifreeze coolant, carburetor injections and other components which will no longer be necessary.

[0014] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a magnetically-powered engine that runs quietly and is pollution free.

[0015] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a magnetically-powered engine that is easily adaptable to any gasoline engine in an automobile, truck, bus, motorcycle, lawn mower, tractor, motor boat, weed eaters, and any other gasoline powered motor.

Problems solved by technology

Thus, the government has a deep interest in both the cost and environmental benefits of an alternatively fueled engine due to the fact that road transport is one of the major sources of air pollution, especially in urban areas.

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